Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Half of Lachute is over 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 49% of households rent their home in Lachute. In Lachute, 27% of residents said they have no religion. One-person households are more common here than in 87% of Canadian towns. Some 15,469 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Lachute
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Lachute is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lachute: 45% of residents speak English and French, above 88% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 87%, English 9.9%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 9.2%, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
Faster growth than 80% of Canadian towns: Lachute changed by +10% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 14% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lachute, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Lachute has 11%.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 95% of Canadian towns: 27%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over live common-law in Lachute. Singles who have never married make up 29% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
Only 49% of households live in a single-detached house in Lachute
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 33% predate 1961, 25% date from 2001 or later. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
$56,400 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Lachute’s median household took in $56,400 before tax, 34% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Lachute sits above 81% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (15%)
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 16% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.7% in Lachute. On immigrants, Lachute sits lower than 92% of Canadian towns: 2.4%.
72% said they are Christian and 27% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Lachute, 1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 97% of Canadian towns, at 9.4%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 24% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 28% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 49% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 3rd oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Laurel, at 31.2, to Parksville, at 62. In age, Lachute keeps company with Severn (49.6), Gaspé (50.4), Sainte-Adèle (53.6) and Parksville (62).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Lachute
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachute | 15,469 | — | 50.4 | 28% | 2.4% |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 6.4 km | 48.4 | 22% | 3.6% |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 9.8 km | 49.2 | 25% | 3.5% |
| Gore | 2,756 | 12.2 km | 54.8 | 25% | 6.6% |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 16.2 km | 50.8 | 24% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 17.3 km | 51.6 | 24% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Lachute’s residents
What is the median income in Lachute?
$56,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lachute (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lachute?
Statistics Canada estimates 15,469 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 14,100 in Lachute, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lachute?
50.4 is the median age, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 28%.
Is Lachute bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 45% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 3.1% speak only English and 52% only French; 86% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lachute?
Immigrants make up 2.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.5% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lachute?
Christian: 72%. No religion: 27%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Lachute good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 42% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Lachute are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).